Max and Susannah discover that David's radio gear has gone missing from the shed. Ron discovers that Bev has stopped taking the Pill. Bel's bosses find out that she is a sexual deviant. Hearing that Sinbad plans a white wedding, Fee lends a hand. And Mick drops in to see the headmaster, but will he be granted an audience?
Bel wants to try to understand what Nat and Georgia have done, while Ollie is keen for one of them to move out. Jimmy finds out that Little Jimmy is in even more trouble than he thought. Fee decides to move away and make a fresh start.
Bev refuses to allow Josh to be inoculated. Val convinces Sinbad to give Little Jimmy a job. Danny makes a surprising admission, Max tells David that he will play Patricia at her own game, and Ron thinks that Mike is spending far too much time on his book, and should be doing other things - like buying razor blades.
Bel roots through the past, and wonders what she and Ollie might have done differently. When Bev wants to take Josh to a measles party, Ron disagrees, and seeks Jackie's opinion. Susannah points out to Max that it is clear that Patricia has not received bad news about the cancer and is just trying to teach him a lesson. When Little Jimmy steals from the first house whose windows he cleans, Jimmy decides a new approach is required.
Ollie's insistence that life must go on infuriates Bel, who then discovers that Susannah has known Nat and Georgia's secret for a long time. Bev is furious when she discovers Ron has taken Josh for his injections after all. Building work starts on the parade, annoying almost everyone.
After a conversation with Julia, Bel fears that other neighbours may have found out about Nat and Georgia. Ron goes to Blackpool, but not with Bev - and she becomes concerned when he doesn't come home.
Susannah suggests a possible solution for one of Bel's problems. Danny takes devious steps to ensure that Jules appears at Georgia's birthday party. Terry invites the local businessmen and businesswomen to his birthday do, and Bev finds out who went to Blackpool with Ron.
Mick attends his first school governors' meeting, and doesn't take long to put his foot in it. Jimmy returns from Basingstoke to find that Little Jimmy's pursuers have caught up with him. At the fireworks night, Jules drops a bombshell.
Nat fears that Jules will tell the police what she knows, but Georgia doubts that she would. A customer telephones Sinbad to tell him that Little Jimmy has done a runner and left the ladders in his garden. Ron is beginning to enjoy his outings with Jackie too much, and they both think they should stop.......
David finds something interesting in the accounts of "Grants". Jackie overhears Little Jimmy admitting that he is back on the smack. Ollie contacts the jobcentre to find work for Bel, and it turns out that a certain local shop is looking for an assistant.......
Ollie takes steps to prevent Little Jimmy cutting across his lawn. Max and David realise that Matthew and Emily are wearing the uniforms of a different school. Ron refuses to see a doctor at the fertility clinic, and goes to see Jackie instead.......
Max and David's attempts to find out how Susannah is financing the school fees are thwarted by Julia. Jimmy discovers that while he has been away stealing cars, Little Jimmy has been robbing closer to home. Nat and Georgia are interviewed by the police. Will either of them crack?
It is Jimmy's birthday, but Ron is trying to convince Jackie to go away with him. When Terry's workmen walk off the job, he has to take drastic measures, with strange consequences. Val wants to take Sinbad for a cheap holiday to the Canary Islands, but he plans to go to Bristol.
Bel and Ollie are called by the police. Jackie threatens to leave Jimmy if he doesn't get Max's car back. Susannah makes another extravagant purchase, and a long-lost stranger arrives on the parade.
Mick prepares suggestions to combat school bullying, but Ollie doesn't agree with him. Lindsey discovers that Jackie and Ron are together in Southport. Max discovers that his car has come back home.
Sinbad is having doubts about his wedding, and Mick gives him something else to think about. David decides to follow Susannah, hoping to find out what she is up to. Little Jimmy returns, after spending all of the stolen money.
Jackie plans to cure Little Jimmy's addiction once and for all. Max tells Nat and Georgia that he will have to tell the truth if he is called to court. Jack learns from Julia that Terry has had a breakdown, and David plans to investigate the mystery of the body found under the shops.
Little Jimmy's condition deteriorates, and he pleads with Jimmy to give him more drugs. It is Jackie's birthday, but who will she receive cards from? Bev looks over her old photographs with Ron, but are they reaching the end of the road?
Jimmy tries to find his son, while Jackie tells Lindsey that she is thinking of going away with Ron. Julia tells Jack that David is trying to solve the riddle of the mystery body, but why should that worry him?
There is anger and bitterness at the hospital when the circumstances leading up to the accident on the staircase of the Dixon home are revealed to Jimmy and Bev.
Terry encourages Jack to be more friendly with Julia. Nat and Georgia learn whether they are going to be charged. Jimmy goes out, telling his son he is to be gone by the time he gets back.......
Sinbad wonders whether he and Val should postpone the wedding. David meets a woman who believes her late brother may be the body under the parade. Ron reveals to Jimmy that he told two men who appeared to be detectives where to find Little Jimmy.......
Susannah has a new revelation for Max. Jackie tells Ron she can't make any decisions yet. Ollie tells Georgia and Nat that he is doing nothing more to help them, so Nat suggests that he moves in with her. Ron disapproves of Bel's changes to the stock, so she resigns.
Nat and Georgia move in together, although Max warns Terry about what they may be up to. Jackie and Jimmy have a difficult visit to make. Ron apologises to Bel, and asks her to come back to work.
Bel can't face work, but Ollie insists that she goes in. Georgia is determined to face the world, and get her toaster fixed. Jimmy thinks he has found a better way of getting to know his son. Mike unwittingly agrees to help out at the Trading Post. Jack tells Terry some long-concealed facts, and agrees to play Father Christmas again for Julia.
Ollie tries to be as positive as he can in giving Mike some long-awaited feedback on his book. Nat and Georgia receive a letter from the authorities. David discovers the identity of the mystery investor in "Grants", and finds out that he is being asked to move. Jimmy resolves to do more to help children in need, and no-one notices that Leo has a new face.
Jules returns to the Close, and discovers that everyone knows about Nat and Georgia. DD introduces Ron, Jacqui and Mike to Tom, who reveals his intentions and sense of humour. Sinbad and Val have a big decision to make. David moves out of number 7, but where will he go?
Terry can't believe it when Jack agrees to go to Henry Fraser's funeral with David. Ron tries to think of a suitable Christmas present for Jackie - can Bel help? Lindsey starts to re-write Mike's book, and Ollie discovers that he has to play Father Christmas for the school's end-of-term party.
Ollie finally finds a way of convincing JC to call off his photographers. Some of the raffle prizes cause embarrassment at the Wild West fancy dress party. Ron hears that David plans to evict Jacqui and the girls, and invites him to stay with him instead.
Nat is not convinced that Georgia is pregnant. Terry volunteers Jack to help Julia out with her carol singing. David is convinced that the killer will attend Henry's funeral.......and he could be right. Ron makes a frightening discovery when he gets up during the night.